Quotes About Inspiration

I'd like to work with David Lynch again.

David Cohen is without a doubt one of the best - if not the best - public servant I've ever encountered.

I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.

I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them.

David Sedaris is so good that it makes me mad.

I went to NYU completely with the idea I wanted to be the next David Copperfield.

Harper Lee was my David Bowie, and I feel her loss in my bones.

I will be working with David Lynch when I'm 80.

Working with David Lynch, rules go out the door.

David Lynch helped me be cool.

You must always watch when David Lynch makes anything.

David Hasselhoff is awesome.

Sloane Crosley and David Sedaris are two of my favorite writers; they're the kind of writers who make you feel like, 'I can do this. I want to do this.'

I told my wife once, 'I feel like I'm getting paid to sit at the feet of Aristotle.' Some people are like, 'You're comparing David Milch to Aristotle,' and yeah, I am, but I'm not Plato.

I'm not a Larry David. I don't have a 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and a 'Seinfeld' in me.

I would have loved to meet David Bowie.

David Mamet gives me great heart. When I ask myself, 'I don't know if I can do this again,' Mamet would say, 'Oh yes, you can.'

I'm a huge David Hockney fan.

I feel like David Byrne is a great example of someone who is always in the 'now' moment of music and finding reasons to be excited and always seeing what's special about it.

Ryan Giggs and David Beckham were the two players I've always looked up to.

I'm not David Beckham. I don't compare myself to such a legend.

Amiri Baraka went to Howard. Lucille Clifton went to Howard. Ossie Davis went to Howard. And I was aware of that when I was there. Charles Drew went to Howard. Thurgood Marshall went to the law school. Being aware of that and having all of that brought to bear, again, it's one of those things that I can't really separate from my career as a writer.

I'm such an admirer of Wendy Davis.

Would you believe that Sammy Davis, Jr. taught me how to sing a ballad? 'You can be in an arena,' he said, 'and you should be able to hold their attention.'